Chautauqua County Facts

Census Statistics

	Chautauqua County	Kansas
Population, 2003 estimate	4,185	2,723,507
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-4.0%	1.3%
Population, 2000	4,359	2,688,418
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-1.1%	8.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.5%	7.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	23.4%	26.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	24.3%	13.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.7%	50.6%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	93.8%	86.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	5.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.6%	0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	3.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.8%	2.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.4%	7.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	93.0%	83.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	63.0%	52.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.8%	5.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.8%	8.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	81.0%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.3%	25.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,040	429,687
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	26.7	19.0?
Housing units, 2002	2,196	1,159,276
Homeownership rate, 2000	82.1%	69.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	1.4%	17.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$26,200	$83,500?
Households, 2000	1,796	1,037,891
Persons per household, 2000	2.34	2.51
Median household income, 1999	$28,717	$40,624
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,280	$20,506
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.2%	9.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	90	74,565
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	589	1,118,898
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.7%	-0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	300	156,897
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	46,296,431
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	10,936	22,571,918
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$2,492	$8,627
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	5.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	25.6%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	X	12,983
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	30,629	17,495,710
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	642	81,815
Persons per square mile, 2000	6.8	32.9
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	019	20

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